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IN RE KNIGHT PUB. CO.

No. 83-1933.

743 F.2d 231 (1984)

In re The KNIGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY d/b/a The Charlotte Observer, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Pryor, Charlotte, N.C. (Robert B. Cordle, Jonathan E. Buchan, Helms, Mulliss & Johnston, Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for petitioner.

John Stuart Bruce, Asst. U.S. Atty., Raleigh, N.C. (Samuel T. Currin, U.S. Atty., Raleigh, N.C., on brief) and Maria M. Lynch, Raleigh, N.C. (David W. Long, Poyner, Geraghty, Hartsfield & Townsend, Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for respondent.

Before PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Knight Publishing Company, contesting the actions of the district court in United States v. Soles, petitions for a writ of mandamus and prohibition. The petition raises three issues: whether the court erred in (1) closing the courtroom to the public, (2) ordering certain court records sealed, and (3) subsequently excising portions of the records before releasing them. We conclude that the court erred in closing the courtroom...

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